Citizen’s Charter

Introduction

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is one of the Armed Force of the Union of India under Ministry of Home Affairs and entrusted various duties like Law & Order, Counter Insurgency & Operations, Anti Naxal Operations etc. in aid to the States. The Central
Reserve Police Force came into existence as Crown Representative’s Police on 27th July, 1939 with a single Battalion. The Force was renamed as the Central Reserve Police Force after enactment of the CRPF Act on 28th December, 1949. Now the Force has grown
upto 246 Bns includes 208 Executive Bns, 6 Mahila Bns, 15 RAF Bns, 10 COBRA Bns, 5 Signal Bns, 1 Special Duty Group and 1 Parliament Duty Group. The Force headed by Director General is further divided into 3 Zones at Jammu, Kolkata,Hyderabad & Guwahati under
Special DGs

Mission

The mission of the Central Reserve Police Force shall be to enable the government to maintain Rule of Law, Public Order and Internal Security effectively and efficiently, to Preserve National Integrity and Promote Social Harmony and Development by upholding
supremacy of the Constitution.

Vision

Broad duties being performed by the CRPF are:

Crowd control

Riot control

Counter Militancy / Insurgency operations.

Dealing with Left Wing Extremism

Overall co-ordination of large scale security arrangement specially with regard to elections in disturbed areas.

Fighting enemy in the event of War.

Participating in UN Peace Keeping Mission as per Govt. policy.

Rescue and Relief operations at the time of Natural Calamities and disasters.